Glove-pointing machine



w. HORN AND J. HAGAN.

Patented May 17, 1921.

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According to the present mode it is UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HORN AND AMES HAGAN, 0F ONEONTA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 QUALITYSILK MILLS, INC., 01 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW" YORK. I

. GLOVE-POIN'IING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22,1920. Serial No. 412,051.

To allwhom itmay'concem: v 7

Be it known that we,.W1LLIAM HORN and JAMES HAGAN, both citizens of theUnited States, and both residents of the city of Oneonta, county ofOtsego, and State of New York, have jointly invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pointing Machines, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

tomary to ornament or finish the points upon the backs of gloves withwhat are known in the trade as spearhead terminals. To properly form.such terminals,-so that the wingsand so-called tail thereof shall be ofproper length and at a proper angle relative to the body of the pointrequires a high degree of skill on the part of the operator of thepointing machine, and irrespective of the skill of the operator the timerequired to properly produce the spearheads is such as to materiallyincrease thecost of manufacture. It is the purpose of thisinvention,therefore, to provide the presser foot of the machine with certainpointers and observation openings so located and arranged that theoperator using them as guides may quickly and with accuracy produce thespearheads.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 to 6 are plan views of the back ofa shortwristed glove blank illustrating the respective positions andmovements of the blank to successively produce the various parts of thespearhead; Fig. 7 isran edgewise elevation and Fig. 8 is a frontelevation of the presser foot of a glove pointing machine embodying ourinvention.

In the drawings the points are shown as having been made by a threeneedle machine and the spearheadsas produced by'a two needle machine.Obviously such number of needles as may be preferred may be used for theproduction of the points and spearheads.

Referring first to Figs. 7 and 8, 1 represents the presser foot, which,except as here-- inafter described, may be made of any preferredmaterial and in any preferred form adapted to use upon any preferredmachine. Its needle plate is provided with a series of pointers ashereinafter described, those illustrated being one form only of manywhich may embody our invention. As illus- Glovecustrated, 2 represents apointer projecting laterally from the needle plate, 3 another pointerprojecting forwardly from the cen tral part of the front edge of theneedle plate and 4 another pointer at the front edge of the side of theneedle plate opposite that from which the pointer 2 projects. In theform shown the pointer 4 is merely the for-' ward rectangular corner ofthe needle plate, but obviously any equivalent construction .may besubstituted therefor. 5, seen best Fig. 1, is the needle opening, twoneedles being illustrated therein. 6 is an observation Patented Ma17,1921.

opening having, preferably, a crossbar 7 bisecting the same.

The operation is as followszAssume that the spearhead is to beformedon'the right hand point 8, the spearheads upon the other.

two points having already been made. The;

presser foot being elevated the operator places the glove blank upon thetable of the machine'in such manner that the end of the pointer 2registers with the center of the point 8, the end of the point beingvisible through the observation opening 6 directly beneath the crossbar7. Thereupon the presser foot is dropped,'the machine is start-' ed,with the blank moving in the direction of the arrow under the influenceof the feed, see Fig. 1, whereupon the left hand wing 9, shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, will be produced. The presser foot being then elevatedthe blankis swung to the left into the position shown in Fig. 2 untilthe pointer 3 registers with the center of the body of the point, theneedles being at the end of the point. Thereupon the presser foot isdropped, and the machine started, with the blank beingfed in thedirection of the arrow shown in Fig. 2, the stitching being continueduntil the pointer 3 arrives at the junction between the wing 9 and theend dles being at the junction between the wing 9, tail 10 and end ofthe point 8. Thereupon the presser foot is again dropped, the machinestarted, the blank moving under the action of the feed in the directionof the arrow as shown in Fig. 5, andthe stitching continued until theneedles travel from the position shown in Fig. 5 until the crossbar 7 ofthe observation opening 6 registers with thejunction between the wing 9,tail 10 and end of the point 8 as shown in Fig. 6, thereby producing theright hand wing 11 of the point, thus finishing the spearhead. The

.threads are then cut and the blank removed from the machine as usual.

It will be noted that by reason of the pointers or guides supplied underour invention upon the needle plate of the presser foot of the machine,the operator is afforded means whereby he may quickly and easilydetermine the proper position of the blank relative to the needles ofthe machine and may without delay or'undue care or observa tion proceedwith the stitching, having assurance that the various elements of thespearhead will all be accurate and in proper position relative to eachother and to the.

We claim:. 1. A presser foot for a glove pointing ally from its needleplate, another pointer projectingforwardly from the central part of thefront edge of its needle plate and another pointer at the front edge ofthe side of the needle plate opposite that from which the lateralpointer projects.

2. A presser foot for a glove pointing machine having a pointerprojecting laterally from its needle plate, another pointer i projectingforwardly from the central part 40 machine having a pointer" projectinglaterof the front edge of its needle plate, another pointer at the frontedge of the side of the needle plate opposite that from which thelateral pointer projects and an observation opening in the needle platein rear of the needle opening therein.

3. A presser foot for a glove pointing machine having a pointerprojecting laterally from its needle plate, another pointer projectingforwardly from the central part of the front edge of its needle plate,another pointer at the front edge of the side of the i needle plateopposite that, from which the lateral pointer projects, an observationopening in the needle plate in rear of the needle opening therein, and abisecting crossbar in the observation opening.

41. A presser foot for a sewing machine having an observation opening inrear of the needle opening and a crossbar bisecting the said observationopening.

In testimony whereof we have signedour names to this specification.

WILLIAM HORN. JAMES HAGAN.

